Midnight

Disclaimer: You guys know the drill. I don't own sailormoon or any characters from it.

"Concentrate Serena! At this rate you're going to get yourself killed," yelled Luna as she watched Sailormoon take a punch in the stomach, courtesy of Sailor Mars.

"I'm trying my best!" she yelled back.

"Well, your best isn't good enough. I swear Serena, if it hadn't been for us you'd probably be dead by now. Now try harder!" shouted Mars as she delivered another blow to Sailormoon's midsection, bringing the scout to her knees clutching her stomach in pain.

"Mars let's stop for today. I don't think Sailormoon can handle anymore," said Sailor Mercury as she returned to her human form.

"Yeah, I'm pretty beat too," added Sailor Venus.

"All right, all right we'll stop," said Mars.

"Hey Serena, you okay?" asked Sailor Jupiter as she crouched beside her friend.

"I'm fine." she answered. She then got up, transformed into her human form, and walked back to the temple behind which the sparring session had taken place. The rest of the girls de-transformed and followed her.

"I'm starving!" exclaimed Mina as she plopped down on a couch.

"We have some snacks in the fridge. What about you guys? You hungry too?" asked Raye as she made her way to the kitchen.

"Actually, I think I'll take off," said Serena as she gathered her things (AN: you know books and stuff) and prepared to leave.

"Okay. Bye Serena," chorused the girls as Serena walked to the door. (AN: Luna stays behind for the snacks.)

'Who does Raye think she is! I'd be dead without her. More like the other way around. If she knew what I went through every night when she's asleep in her little bed, she'd probably faint. She doesn't know the first thing about me,' thought Serena as she stared at the darkened sky on her way home.

"Hey Meatball Head!" yelled a voice from behind her.

'Oh great, just what I need. Mr High-and-Mighty showing up. What a perfect way to end the day. Maybe if I ignore him, he'll go away,' she reasoned.

"Yoo-hoo Meatball Head. Do I need to get you a hearing aid?" persisted the voice.

"Listen, you idiot! If someone doesn't answer when you call, it means they don't want to talk to you. Now why don't you just turn around and leave me alone," she answered without breaking her stride.

"Meatball Head, you wound me. I know you wanna be with me," he mocked.

"Why would anyone in their right mind want to be with you? And my name is Serena. Oh wait, I forgot. Your brain's too small to comprehend that."

"Now you've really hurt me. Would it kill you to be nice?" he asked as he lengthened his pace and caught up with her.

Serena snapped her head around and found herself staring into the midnight blue eyes of none other than Darien Shields, her worst enemy.

"Yes it would and I'm too young to die. Now get lost!"

"Is that any way to talk to your elders?"

"You're only four years older than me and even if you were my "elder" hell would freeze over before I listened to you."

"Is that a challenge?" taunted Darien as he leaned closer.

'Damn! Why does he have to be so hot,' thought Serena as her heart rate increased.

"Well?"

"You know it's not. Look it's been a hellishly long day. I don't have the energy to argue with you. Please go away."

"You getting sick or something," asked Darien in a concerned voice as he noticed the dark circles under her cerulean blue eyes.

"No, I'm not. Why do you care anyway?"

"I don't. It's just that if you fall sick, I'll have no one to insult."

Serena glared and him and stuck her tongue out for good measure. Then she turned around and walked away.

'Hope she's okay' thought Darien as he watched her disappear around the corner.

'Ugh! He's such a jerk. Sure is cute though,' thought Serena as her mind wandered to the moment when he had stared deep into her eyes.

"AAAAAAA!!!! SOMEBODY HELP ME!!!!"

Serena's mind snapped to attention when she heard the scream. 'It's coming from the park,' she thought as she ran to the source of the cry for help.

'Where is it?' she muttered as she panted from the exhaustion of running so fast.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!"

'Near the creek.' she thought as she transformed and ran through the woods to the creek. Serena abruptly stopped when she reached the trees and surveyed the scene in front of her. A man had his right hand around the neck of a woman and was holding her a foot off the ground. The woman was trying to claw at his hand in an attempt to break free. The man just laughed and lifted her higher.

A twig snapped as Serena stepped forward to help the woman. The man turned and saw her. He tossed the woman to the ground with a flick of his wrist. He walked toward Serena and smiled.

"I've been waiting for you," said the man. "I knew you'd come."

Well that's it. This is my first fanfic. Hope you guys like it. I'll try to make the next chapter longer.

Oh and please review. I'll only update it someone reviews. Otherwise it seems stupid to contiue writing if I don't know if anyone's reading it.